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“The best Friday afternoons ever – always different, always fun and a feeling of relaxation as well as hard work of course. Laughter and happy times“ A heart warming quote from one of the Parkinson's Dancers I am lucky to dance with most "Fun Fridays" of my year. I'm privileged to be one of the co-teachers of this amazing community of people living with Parkinson's, and their friends and family. Parkinson's Dance is a weekly class which has been running at Pavilion Dance for over a decade. It uses the Parkinson's Dance Science approach developed by physio-therapist Dr Sophia Hulbert and dance artist Aimee Hobbs (both caring and special creative people that continue to pave the way for Parkinson's and Dance). Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition where the nerves cells that create Dopamine in our brain stop working, effecting movement and speech. Over 145000 people in the UK currently have Parkinson's and this number is set to rise. On the Pavilion Dance website, the team says that Parkinson's Dance uses physiotherapeutic effect, research evidence and the artistic experience of dance to address Parkinson’s symptoms in a fun, social and creative way - and it does this and so much more. The community of Parky Dancers and my fellow teachers create such a special community and support for one another and make our fun Fridays a place of shared laughter, understanding and care. Pavilion Dance are holding a 12 hour DanceAThon on Friday 13th September, and I'm taking part! Any funds raised would be gratefully received and will support this class, for carers to continue to attend for free and to support Sophia and Aimee to continue to develop their Parkinson's Dance Science model. If finances are tight and you can't donate, please share this information so more people living with Parkinson's know about the opportunity to dance. Thank you so much! Find out more here: https://www.pdsw.org.uk/take-part/health-wellbeing/parkinsons-dance/ On a last note: When you make your donation through Givey, Parkinson's Dance will receive 100% of the donation. Your details are safe with Givey and donating is completely secure. Whatsmore, they never share your email address with any third parties except the Charity you donate to.